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It does take a bit of futzing about.... Here is the result on the HF of the recent mountain tut I had posted.Originally Posted by jfrazierjr
The lines are a bit regular... adding some random to the code would probably help.
-Rob A>
I'd be interested in getting my hands on this, for just the reason Joe mentioned.
It does take a bit of futzing about.... Here is the result on the HF of the recent mountain tut I had posted.
The lines are a bit regular... adding some random to the code would probably help.
-Rob A>
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That is THE BOMB DIGITY!!!! As you said, if you can get some randomness into the "smudge stroke"(perhaps a displace???), this would be pretty much perfect.It does take a bit of futzing about.... Here is the result on the HF of the recent mountain tut I had posted.
The lines are a bit regular... adding some random to the code would probably help.
-Rob A>
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That is pretty awesome close to what I was talking about! I wish I could pip you another green blob!
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Joe: you have been reading my mind. That is exactly what I wanted this for.
I've been working (very, very slowly) on a worldmap with a lot of mountains... I was at this point and thought "why the crap should I do this by hand; at the rate I've been moving, it'll take me months to do all these..." So... I thought, what if it could be automated?
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Even if not, if I've got the outline of the mountains on a transparent layer, I can alpha to selection, then run a stroke selection or two with paintbrushes or erasers set to jitter or something to break up the lines and give it some randomnes, even if it turns out to be too difficult to add the randomness into the script itself.It does take a bit of futzing about.... Here is the result on the HF of the recent mountain tut I had posted.
The lines are a bit regular... adding some random to the code would probably help.
-Rob A>
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OK, I rewrote it as a script and added a bunch of parameters.
Start with the defaults. It shows up under the Edit menu...
It works against a path, not a selection, so you will have to convert a selection to a path.
The only "weirdness" about it is that path slope is not differentiated by direction. here is a sample run on a circle to show you what I mean....
The top half stokes "inwards" first and the bottom half strokes "outward" first.
Depending on the pressure this might not matter, but it can be worked around by selecting inside the path (assuming it is closed) with a path to selection, running the script, then inverting the selection and running it again.
Have fun!
-Rob A>
Last edited by RobA; 03-06-2009 at 11:59 AM. Reason: Updated, see below...
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Wow. This could be cool. And I think, artistically speaking, I could imagine other uses beyond the mapping I wish to do with it - if I was inclined to be artistic with my computer.OK, I rewrote it as a script and added a bunch of parameters.
Start with the defaults. It shows up under the Edit menu...
It works against a path, not a selection, so you will have to convert a selection to a path.
The only "weirdness" about it is that path slope is not differentiated by direction. here is a sample run on a circle to show you what I mean....
The top half stokes "inwards" first and the bottom half strokes "outward" first.
Depending on the pressure this might not matter, but it can be worked around by selecting inside the path (assuming it is closed) with a path to selection, running the script, then inverting the selection and running it again.
Have fun!
-Rob A>
I already bumped you with my little rep-stick upthread. Wish I could give you more, but I'll have to spread some love first. Thanks a bunch, I think you saved me a month of work!
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Great stuff as usual RobA!
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Never able to leave "well enough" alone...
I've updated the script so it converts the path to a selection and tries to figure out "inside". If there are unclosed path segments, the endpoints are joined and that is "inside". If the path segment is perfectly straight and the software uses "down" as "inside". The script won't check that your stroke length stays inside... you will have to worry about that yourself
Here are the modes now offered (the faint red circles were added after to show the path location):
And attached is the updated script.
..And if someone can provide the scheme code to turn a 4 value array: (cons-array 4 'double) where it holds X1 Y1 X2 Y2 into a larger array with jittered intermediate points, i.e. X1 Y1 Xa Ya Xb Yb ... Xz Yz X2 Y2 then the strokes could jitter...
-Rob A>
Last edited by RobA; 03-07-2009 at 01:30 PM.
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